England, 1176. Aelred Barling, esteemed clerk to the justices of King Henry II, is dispatched from the royal court with his young assistant, Hugo Stanton, to investigate a brutal murder in a village outside York.

The case appears straightforward. A suspect is under lock and key in the local prison, and the angry villagers are demanding swift justice. But when more bodies are discovered, certainty turns to doubtâ€”and...

When Maggie Taylor accepts a new job in Manchester, she is sure it is the right move for her family. The children have settled well although her husband, Duncan, doesn't appear to be so convinced.

But nothing prepares her for the shock of coming home from work one night to find that Duncan has disappeared, leaving their young children alone. His phone is dead, and she has no idea where he has gone, or why. And then she discovers she's...

She'll do anything for youâ€¦My name is Alex, and my world has been shattered.My husband has left me.My children won't speak to me.My friend Carrie is the only person I have.She's the only one I can trust to keep all my secrets. She'd never do anything to let me down. Would she?

Flight 2262 is bound for paradise, but a rogue terrorist could send it to the bottom of the oceanâ€¦

Kevin can't wait to land in Hawaii for a romantic getaway. But when the off-duty pilot takes a glance at his GPS, he's in for a surprise: the plane is headed to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And he's the only one who knows itâ€¦

Expecting the worst, Kevin heads to the cockpit. Before he can take the controls, he's got a rookie air marshal, a stewardess with a grudge, and a...

What was she doing here? Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much eitherâ€”he was still lean, athletic, rugged...But the once reckless boy had become a solid, dependable man. He'd stood her up on the most important night of her life; could she ever trust him again? So Vanessa had finally come home, Brady thought. She could still turn him inside out with one of her sultry...

It's the 25th Century and the President of America has taken over the world.

Meanwhile... after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan awakes to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for over four hundred years. As he's forced to adjust to life in the future he finds himself reinstated as a policeman, and together with the great great great great grandson of his...

With no husband and two small children to care for, survival is Mary's only concern. She needs money and can't be choosy about how she gets it. Mr Wetherby doesn't need any more workers for his expanding business, but reluctantly, he makes an exception for Mary. Dear sweet Mary. He wants her; she needs him. Can they build a happy life together? Or will a web of lies and deceit be their undoing?

Liam Swift is a young man Amy has always admired from afar. She's seen his face a thousand times; on the screen and in magazines. He seems unstoppable as his talent and beauty send him hurtling toward becoming a Hollywood legend...

Until one day - in what appears to be a fit of madness - he stuns the world by throwing it all away. Not even the most persistent reporter can fathom the reason behind Liam's decision. Never in Amy's wildest dreams could she have imagined this...

In 1961, sixteen year-old Pam Weaver began her training as a nursery nurse. Drawn to this profession by her caring nature and a desire to earn her own living, Pam had no idea of the road she was about to start down. At the government-run nursery, she found early mornings, endless floors to scrub, overbearing matrons, heartbreaking stories of abandonment, true friends and life lessons that would stay with her for decades.

London 1920. Dora Bentley's father had been killed in the War and their mother, Harriet, works at night at Grants clothing factory in order to support her family. While she is at work Dora looks after her brother, twelve-year-old Tom, and little Lilly. Their mother is always home in time to share breakfast with them and take Lilly to school. One morning their mother doesn't arrive home at the usual time, and thinking that she must have been delayed, Dora goes to the factory to...

This short story explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown secrets of his personality and intriguing backstory.

Elementary school teacher Jacqueline â€śJacks' Morales's marriage was far from perfect, but even in its ups and downs it was predictable, familiar. Or at least she thought it wasâ€¦until two police officers showed up at her door with devastating news. Her husband of eight years, the one who should have been on a...

It should have been a night to remember, but Maura Isles can't recall a thing.

Maura is at a party. A handsome man approaches. He's charming and sophisticated. She flirts and drinks champagne. And then nothing. Total blackness. Nothing, that is, apart from these two facts: a man is dead and her address is found in his pocket . . .

Candice Freeman is an A-list celebrity who is accustomed to life in the fast lane. She decides to swap the hectic streets of London for a slower pace of life in the sleepy Kent village of Cloverdale St Mary, but her move to the countryside runs into problems when she finds that her new home is haunted. Meadow Cottage is still home to the man who re-built from a derelict ruin twenty years before, the ghost of Harry Black. Candice defies...

DCI Warren Jones has a bad feeling when the body of a young woman turns up in Beaconsfield Woods. She's been raped and strangled but the murderer has been careful to leave no DNA evidence. There are, of course, suspects â€“ boyfriend, father â€“ to check out but, worryingly, it looks more and more like a stranger murder.Warren's worst fears are confirmed when another young woman is killed in the same way.The MO fits that of Richard Cameron who served twelve years for rape. But Cameron...

Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, driven, stubborn. But this is his real storyâ€¦

In this fast-paced, bite-sized edition of his bestselling autobiography Ramsay tells the real story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction, his failed first career as a footballer, his fanatical pursuit of gastronomic perfection and his TV persona - all the things that have made him the celebrated...

At least that's how it seems to former crime journalist, Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect ... she sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of...

Four years after 1989 the people of the GDR are rebuilding their societyâ€”an experiment in self-determination, de-centralisation, freedom and equality. But Martin Grobe, a dissident turned investigator suspects a Stasi plotâ€”can he act fast enough to save the young country?

In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the Leeds United manager's job. As successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, he was to last only 44 days. In one of the most acclaimed novels of this or any other year, David Peace takes us into the mind and thoughts of Ol'Big'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of post-war Britain's most complex and fascinating characters.

When a former TV personality has his world thrown into chaos by false allegations and media uproar he finds himself fighting for his life in the hands of an obsessed fan. What follows is a shrewd examination of celebrity, the influence of the media and enslavement to the limelight that is sometimes too addictive to quit.

Patrick Lahm is down on his luck. Late for his book signing, out of gas and stuck in a storm. He hitches a ride to the Kurtain Motel where he is forced to spend the night. The small motel seems harmless enough at first, but as the night drags on, Patrick and the other guests slowly begin to realize there is a lot more to their temporary lodging than meets the eye.

Maya's shocked to discover it's not the heaven she imagined;in fact, a life of adventure begins the moment you die.

Zachariah, her faithful spirit guide, explains the rules of the dead: in order to regain complete awareness and reunite with loved ones all souls must review their previous lives.Maya plunges warily into her turbulent pasts as a sociopathic High Priest in ancient Egypt; an independent mother protecting a dangerous secret in glorious Sparta; an Irish boy kidnapped and...

When Annie Thomas agrees to give her ex away at his wedding to his boyfriend, she thinks she'll be fine. With her three children at her side, she can handle anything. Then she finds out her gorgeous first ex-husband Evan Llewellyn is flying in from his glamorous life in New York to attend as well!An unexpected pregnancy ended their relationship and as she stumbles through the ups and downs of life as a working single mum â€“ helping everyone else find a...

No matter what your sweet tooth may be craving, Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook: 200 Cakes & Bakes contains a selection of 200 tasty recipes for all kinds of baked treats. With this complete guide to all things cake, you'll be able to bake everything from simple, delicious biscuits such as Chocolate & Cinnamon Shortbread Fingers and Coconut & Pistachio Fridge Cookies for your family to the impressive Apricot & Orange Swiss Roll and Chocolate & Hazelnut Meringue Gateau to impress...